1.
Halo-Halo
“Halo” is a Filipino word that means “mix”
or “stir,” which is exactly what you’ll do
when you are given a tall glass of halo-
halo.Using an elongated spoon, you’ll mix
all the ingredients together such that they’re
all soaked with milk and ice. And
ingredients like sweetened bananas, sweet
potatoes, taro, jackfruit, jelly, mung beans,
corn kernels, coconut, and tapioca pearls.
2. Leche Flan
The Filipino version of caramel pudding,
leche flan is a traditional dessert served
during the holiday season.It’s a smooth and
silky custard oozing with a thick caramel
syrup, and it’s simply divine.
3. Biko (Sticky Rice Cake)
Glutinous, or sticky rice, is mixed with a
brown rice coconut syrup and baked to
perfection.
Biko is a traditional Filipino “kakanin”
(rice-based dessert) served for breakfast or
merienda.
Since it’s made from rice, it’s very heavy,
but it’s highly addictive.Biko is sweet and
has such a unique chewy consistency.The
rice is softened in coconut milk to form a
sticky and somewhat homogeneous mixture,
but you will still get chewy little bits of rice
grains here and there.
4. Lengua de Gato
Made with milk, butter, flour and egg
whites, lengua de gato is a simple yet highly
addictive treat.Lengua de gato has a narrow
oval form, which is how it got its name. It’s
the term lengua de gato is Spanish for “cat’s
tongue.”
5. Buko Salad
Sweet and tender coconut stars this sweet
and creamy dessert. The Philippines has an
abundance of coconut trees, which is why it
is widely used in their cuisine. This salad is
a perfect example.Fruits, palm fruit, coconut
jelly (nata de coco), and shredded coconut
are coated in a thick sweetened cream. It’s
jam-packed with color, flavor, and texture!
6. Mais con Yelo
Mais con yelo, which is Spanish for corn
with ice, is a simple yet satisfying dessert
that Filipinos love to eat to beat the
heat.Sweet and juicy corn kernels are
floating in cold and refreshing milk.Mais
con yelo is the easiest thing to make, too.
Canned corn is all you need. Just stir that
with milk and sugar and serve with ice.
7. Cassava Cake
Cassava cake is a rich, chewy, and cheesy
treat that’s impossible to resist.
Grated cassava or yuca is baked in
sweetened condensed milk, butter, and
coconut milk and covered with a cheesy
topping.
8. Minatamis na Saging
Sweet plantains, brown sugar, and water are
all you need to make the sweet and chewy
Minatamis na Saging (sweetened bananas).
Saba, or sweet plantains, are short but thick
bananas originally cultivated in the
Philippines.
9. Ube Jam
Ube jam is sweet, creamy, and loaded with shredded young coconut, is mixed with
purple yam flavor.It can be used as a bread pandan-flavored gelatin cubes and coated in
spread, a flavor agent to pastries and ice thick sweetened cream.
cream, or my favorite – eaten on its own.

12. Polvoron
Polvoron is the Filipino version of classic
10. Suman shortbread. It’s buttery, creamy, and
Here’s another rice-based sweet treat. wonderfully crumbly. Best of all, it does not
Suman is a sweet, soft, and chewy treat that require any baking.
is guaranteed to knock your socks off.
The sticky rice is wrapped in banana leaves
and cooked in a steamer, giving it such a
wonderfully refreshing aroma.

13. Mamon (Filipino Sponge Cake)

Mamon is the Filipino version of the sponge
11. Buko Pandan cake.Soft, pillowy cake topped with cheese
Buko pandan is a simple confection that will and baked to perfection: that’s what you can
satisfy any sweet craving.Buko, or soft expect from the classic mamon.

14. Puto
Puto is another “kakanin” (rice-based
dessert) the Philippines has to offer.
It’s a small, round, steamed cake that’s
perfect either on its own or paired with other
Filipino dishes.
15. Taho
Taho is a traditional Filipino breakfast made
with ultra-smooth and silky tofu and tapioca
pearls swimming in a warm brown sugar
syrup. Taho is served in a small cup and may
be eaten with a spoon or consumed as a
drink.
16. Bibingka (Coconut Milk Cake)
Bibingka is a hot coconut milk cake
smothered with butter and topped with
cheese and a slice of salted egg.In the
Philippines, you’ll know it’s Christmas
season once you see street vendors whipping
up bibingka.
17. Egg Pie
A crisp and buttery crust filled with a
smooth and velvety custard.Egg pie is a
super simple yet amazingly spectacular
dessert.Made primarily with eggs and
sweetened condensed milk, the custard has a
golden yellow hue.
 20. Banana Cue
Banana cue is another method to cook saba
bananas. Sweet plantains are coated in
brown sugar and skewered onto wooden
sticks and deep-fried until golden brown.
18. Coconut Macaroons
The brown sugar forms a crunchy caramel
Desiccated coconut, sweetened condensed
coating over the bananas, giving you that
milk, eggs, vanilla, and butter make these
wonderful crisp on the outside, tender on the
bite-sized cakes rich, creamy, and so ooey-
inside experience.
gooey.

19. Palitaw
Palitaw is a small, flat, and round cake made
from sweetened glutinous rice cooked in
boiling water. It’s sweet and chewy, much
like Japanese mochi.“Palitaw” derives from
the Filipino word, “litaw,” which means “to
appear” or “to show up.”